Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday targeted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for starting 'Ghushpaithia Bachao Yatra' while addressing a public meeting during an election rally in Banmankhi town of Purnea district in Bihar.
With just two days due for the second phase of assembly elections in Bihar, Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar on Saturday expressed confidence that the state is poised to witness a change in government, while also raising concerns over alleged irregularities in the voter list.
Taking a swipe at Union Home Minister Amit Shah's statement of "no land" in Bihar, he questioned how land was available for major road projects but not for setting up industries and employing Bihar's youth.
Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Saturday claimed that the record voter turnout in Bihar's assembly elections signals a desire for change, with 65.08% of voters participating in the assembly polls.
Ahead of the second phase of the Bihar elections, BJP Candidate Shreyasi Singh highlighted the high voter turnout in the first phase of the polls on Saturday. The candidate from Jamui expressed confidence that all votes in the state are in favour of the NDA.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday addressed a massive election rally in Bihar's Bhagalpur, asserting that the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has been "wiped off" in the first phase of polling.
Speculation has been rife over an alleged rift in the Mahagathbandhan. While the alliance partners, including Congress have denied such claims, PM Modi had earlier claimed that the RJD "forcefully" took the Chief Ministerial post from Congress despite the latter's objections during the ne
Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur on Friday said that the first phase of polling in Bihar has clearly indicated strong support for the NDA, adding that the alliance will return to power with an even bigger majority than before.
"During the first 9 years of Nitish Kumar as the CM, there was an RJD-Congress government at the centre... They constantly obstructed Bihar's development. They did not let Nitish Kumar work... In 2014, when I got the opportunity to serve, a double-engine government was formed in Bihar. We
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sounding the poll bugle in Bihar's Aurangabad on Friday, took a sarcastic jab at the Opposition's 'rift-ridden' Mahagathbandhan alliance claiming that the Congress "does not have faith" in its ally RJD's manifesto, which he said was "a pac
"It is a message to create a new Bihar... inclusive of all those who have been deprived so far. The NDA will get a huge mandate, and the high voter turnout has proven it. In the previous four elections in Bihar, voter turnout has been higher in each election than in the previous one. And